One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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It's Monday!

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Since Monday is the first day of the week, one would think that on Mondays I would report to work fresh faced with my hair done. However, instead of greeting the week refreshed, I am generally incredibly tired. Somehow, I always run out of time on Sunday night.

My weekend generally begins with friends and a cocktail on Friday night. Sometimes, I am in Pittsburgh and sometimes I am on the road, but either way, it's the same routine. As I sip that cocktail, I am full of excitement about the weekend and how I have two full days of freedom ahead of me. It's like a weekly vacation, right? Wrong!

When I wake up on Saturday morning, after having my requisite tea and toast with honey, I am reminded that my kitchen counters are slightly sticky. They have honey residue accumulated from Monday-Friday's tea and toast with honey. The floors of the great room and the furniture has managed to accumulate dust during the week. There's a pile of laundry in the hamper and a pile of clothes to take to the dry cleaners. There are shoes to get shined and repaired, nails to get done, food to buy, friends and family to catch up with, the list goes on. Often, I try to catch dinner with friends or go to a movie.

Before you know it, it's 2:00 AM on Sunday morning and I am wondering where the day went. I am also wondering why, after making a meticulous list, I still have a good bit of stuff to do. And I had tried to be so good!

On Sunday morning (at a more respectable hour) I awaken and launch into my weekly debate--"to church or not to church", that is the question. Since I live across the street from a church, church often wins. The humorous part about it is that I am Baptist and it is a Catholic church! However, I figure that the Lord is everwhere. And somehow I tend to hear him better when I can roll to church in jeans and church only lasts 50 minutes... :-)

Anyway, after church, since I was up until 2:00 AM, I return home to the NY Times and tea and toast with honey. Often, I throw in a load of laundry and take a nap or talk to my sister, Jeryn. I may take in a run, if I'm motivated. Either way, often I look up and it's time for Desperate Housewives, followed by Brothers and Sisters. Before I'm considering winding down it's 11:00 PM.

In a blink of an eye, it's midnight and then 12:30 AM before I retire. And on Monday, I wake up, tired, and despite my massive wardrobe, I struggle to put an outfit together. Maybe it's just me, but Monday always comes too fast...

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Chaton,
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